contradictory

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktəri]

美 [ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktəri]

adj.  相互矛盾的; 对立的; 不一致的
n.  对立物; 矛盾因素

复数：contradictories　

高考CET6TOEFLGRETEM4TEM8

BNC.7106 / COCA.7435

牛津词典

adj.

• 相互矛盾的；对立的；不一致的
  containing or showing a contradiction
  1. We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.
     我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
  2. The advice I received was often contradictory.
     我所得到的建议常常是相互矛盾的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 互相矛盾的;相互对立的
  If two or more facts, ideas, or statements arecontradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
  1. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment...
     海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。
  2. The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.
     公众可能会持有数种显然互相矛盾的态度。
  3. ...advice that sometimes is contradictory and confusing.
     有时候相互矛盾、颇令人费解的建议

双语例句

• If this is the statement in the article is contradictory.
  如果是这样的说法，在文章中是矛盾的。
• The contradictory statements are symptoms of disarray in the administration.
  这些互相矛盾的说法反映了管理的混乱。
• The promotion of official language and the preservation of mother tongues in the society with multi-lingual background are contradictory.
  多语言多文化背景下官方语言的推广和弱势族群母语的传承和维护是一对矛盾。
• Profound research has been made of Balzacian complicated and contradictory world outlook;
  对巴尔扎克矛盾复杂的世界观进行了深入的研究；
• The answers to this question were various and contradictory.
  对这个问题的回答前后不同，而且自相矛盾。
• New information can be contradictory, but facts and entailments can only be added, never deleted.
  新的信息可以是和旧的信息矛盾的，但是事实和推导只能被增加而不能被删减。
• In fact, love isn't contradictory to freedom.
  其实，爱和自由是不矛盾的。
• Social development was contradictory.
  社会发展是矛盾的。
• What are you in contradictory? Has not been able not to want to cooperate with me?
  你在矛盾什么啊？不会是不想和我合作了吧？
• The Judaeo-Christian tradition is diverse, jumbled, contradictory, at every point inviting inquiry and debate.
  犹太-基督教传统呈现多样化，混乱复杂，相互矛盾，在各个方面都会引发质疑和争论。